2012 Summit Speakers
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Steve Case
Chairman and CEO, Revolution
Co-Founder, America Online
Chairman, The Case FoundationSteve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life.
Read MoreSteve co-founded America Online (AOL) in 1985, when the Internet was in its infancy. Under Steve’s leadership, AOL became the world’s largest and most valuable Internet company, and helped drive the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society.
Steve then went back to his entrepreneurial roots and founded Revolution, an investment firm that has backed more than two dozen companies, including LivingSocial, Zipcar, AddThis, Everyday Health and FedBid.
Steve is also Chairman of the Case Foundation, which he established with his wife Jean. The Case Foundation has invested in hundreds of organizations, initiatives and partnerships over the past 15 years. Steve and Jean joined The Giving Pledge, started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, and publicly reaffirmed their commitment to give away the majority of their wealth.
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Senator Mark Warner
US Senator, Commonwealth of Virginia
Mark Warner was elected to the U.S. Senate in November 2008, and serves on the Senate Banking, Budget, Commerce and Intelligence committees. Halfway through his first term, Senator Warner has established himself as a national leader in efforts to find bipartisan consensus to create balanced solutions to reduce the federal debt. He also has been a champion for military men and women, their families, and our military veterans. Senator Warner also is a leader in Congress in efforts to promote private-sector innovation and to help our nation's small businesses and start-up companies succeed.
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Aaron McKethan
Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at Rx Ante
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Alex Howard
Washington Correspondent for O'Reilly Media
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Andrew Rasiej
Founder, Personal Democracy Media
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Ari Matusiak
Director of Private Sector Engagement, the White House
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Aneesh Chopra
Senior Advisor, Technology Strategy at The Advisory Board Company
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Blake Hall
Co-Founder and CEO at Troopswap
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Dr. Christopher Tucker
Founder, MapStory
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Dan Kasun
Senior Director, Public Sector Evangelism at Microsoft
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David Girouard
Founder & CEO at Upstart
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Donna Harris
Managing Director, Startup Regions, Startup America
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Dr. Edward Bersoff
Chairman, ATS Corporation
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Erik Huey
VP of Government Affairs, Entertainment Software Association
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Dr. Eric Schulze
Founder and Chief Creative Nerd, Thirst DC
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Erik Kimel
Chief Strategy Officer at Aristotle Circle
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Jason Putorti
Co-Founder, Votizen
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Jeff Selingo
Editorial Director, The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Lewis Shepherd
General Manager and Director, Microsoft Institute for Advanced Technology in Governments
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Kahlil Byrd
CEO at Americans Elect
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Marci Harris
Founder, CEO at POPVOX
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Marvin Ammori
Board Member, Fight for the Future
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Mark Drapeau
Director of Innovative Engagement (Public Sector) at Microsoft
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Michael Sachse
VP of Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, OPower
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Mindy Finn
Strategic Partnerships at Twitter
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Nathan Daschle
CEO at Ruck.us
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Peter Cherukuri
GM for Politics at AOL/Huffington Post Media Group
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Roy Schwartz
Chief Revenue Officer, Politico
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Sean Greene
Associate Administrator for Investment and Special Advisor for Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
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Sean McElrath
Co-Founder & CEO, Hallway
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Stefen Smith
Chief Security Officer, Secure Force
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Tom Kalil
Deputy Director for Policy, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy
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Yoav Lurie
Founder and CEO, Simple Energy